Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small bits of information which are downloaded to the device used to visit a website. Each time that the same website is visited again, this device will be recognised. By using cookies, information about visits and visitors will temporarily be saved by that website. Other websites may also recognise the device used through that same cookie. On each visit, various types of cookies may be used.

Cookies used on The Little Bargain Hunter

By visiting The Little Bargain Hunter, you have the option to choose to accept cookies or disable non essential cookies. If you agree to cookies, your preference will be set for a 1 year period. If you do not want The Little Bargain Hunter to place cookies on your device, you can refuse the use of cookies via your browser’s settings or options.

The Little Bargain Hunter uses Google Analytics to analyse user activity. This data is gathered by google placing a cookie onto the device you have used to access this website. This allows The Little Bargain Hunter to calculate statistics about how this site is accessed, used by visitors and understand our audience break down by Age, Gender, and Interests. This data is held for 26 months before being automatically removed by Google. Every time you visit this website, the 26 month period is reset. You can ready more about how Google collects information here.

The Little Bargain Hunter and our advertisers or advertising partners (such as Google) may use cookies to provide advertising which is intended to be more relevant to you. This is done by understanding what may interest you based on your web browsing, web searches, age, gender and interests. Placing a cookie on your device can then be recognised on selected other websites. Advertising can then be displayed to you which corresponds better to the interests indicated by the information stored by that cookie. More information on Googles cookies can be found here.

As The Little Bargain Hunterwebsite is connected to it’s corresponding Facebook pages, Facebook may set a cookie on your device to determine if you have chosen to like it (or if any friends also like this page).

Cookies may be placed onto your device when visiting online stores via a link posted on The Little Bargain Hunter. These cookies allow companies to credit (via the third party company) the correct affiliate for any sales generated. It’s important to remember each of the stores we feature will have their own cookie policy. When you click on a link and leave our site you will be then subject to the stores own cookie policy. They should have a similar document to this one explaining how they are using cookies to make their site function. This also applies to other outbound links to third party sites like Facebook and Twitter.

We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers on how to block or remove cookies.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.thelittlebargainhunter.co.uk

Cookie Name

Who sets this?

What is it for?

How long does it last?

Type

_ga
_gat
_gid

www.thelittlebargainhunter.co.uk

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States of America. Google use this information to assess your use of the website, providing reports on website activity for website operators and other website activity and internet related services. Google may transfer this information to third parties, if required by law or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. utma, utmb, utmc and umtz are the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enable website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance.

_ga
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

_gat
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

_gid
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

_ga is a persistent cookie and is deleted 2 years after you leave the Site.

_gat
This cookie is only valid for 1 minute.

_gid
The cookie is only valid for 24 hours.

HTTP Cookie

__cfduid

www.widgetmaker.co.uk

Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. This is related to our Amazon Discount Finder tool - created by Widgetmaker

1 Year

HTTP Cookie

rmuid

www.linksynergy.com

This is a LinkShare advertising tracking cookie created by Ratuken Marketing

1 Year

HTTP Cookie

google_experiment_mod

www.thelittlebargainhunter.co.uk

This cookie is set by Google.

It is persistent.

HTML Local Storage

google_pub_config

www.thelittlebargainhunter.co.uk

This cookie is set by Google.

It is persistent.

HTML Local Storage

test_cookie

www.doubleclick.net

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

Session

HTTP Cookie

DSID

www.doubleclick.net

Used by Google DoubleClick for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts.

Session

HTTP Cookie

IDE
1P_JAR

www.doubleclick.net

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

1 Year

HTTP Cookie

TDCPM
TDID

www.adsrvr.org

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

1 year

HTTP Cookie

automate-affiliate-domain-info-#

www.thelittlebargainhunter.co.uk

Used to confirm website is and affiliate with AWIN.

It is persistent.

HTML Local Storage

Updated May 2018.

The Little Bargain Hunter

Affiliate Partnerships

Some links shared by The Little Bargain Hunter are affiliate links.

This means that I earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase of an item that I post. This has no bearing on the price you pay and the small amount of commission earned goes towards the cost of running this website.